Posts Tagged Black Panthers

Recently, I had the pleasure of sharing space with Rosemari Mealy, a Black Panther Party member. A part of the “Bridging the Gap” series for NewsOne.com, our intimate discussion recounted the specific experiences we face as freedom fighters working within the confines of heteronormativity.

Recently, I had the pleasure of sharing space with Rosemari Mealy, a Black Panther Party member. A part of the “Bridging the Gap” series for NewsOne.com, our intimate discussion recounted the specific experiences we face as freedom ...

Check out this open letter from Assata Shakur, the revolutionary living in exile in Cuba who recently became the first woman named by the FBI to its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list. In the letter, which is from 1998, the author details her history with the criminal justice system, but focuses not on what makes her life exceptional but on how her individual struggle can teach us about the U.S. government’s treatment of historically marginalized people. Via Frontlines of the Revolutionary Struggle:

I have been a political activist most of my life, and although the U.S. government has done everything in its power to criminalize me, I am not a criminal, nor have I ever been one. In the ...

Check out this open letter from Assata Shakur, the revolutionary living in exile in Cuba who recently became the first woman named by the FBI to its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list. In the letter, which ...

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